An Act to amend the law respecting certain possessory liens; and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Storage Liens Act 1935.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
Subject to the provisions of section 5, every storer shall have a lien on goods deposited with him or her for storage, whether deposited by the owner of the goods or by his or her authority, or by any person entrusted with the possession of the goods by the owner or by his or her authority.
A storer’s lien over property has priority over any other interest in the property and may be enforced accordingly.
Section 73 (2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 of the Commonwealth is declared to apply to a storer’s lien.
The lien shall be for the amount of the storer’s charges, that is to say—
(a) all lawful charges for storage and preservation of the goods, and
(b) all lawful claims for money advanced, interest, insurance, transportation, labour, weighing, coopering, and other expenses in relation to the goods, and
(c) all reasonable charges for any notice required to be given under the provisions of this Act and for sale of the goods where default is made in satisfying the storer’s lien.
Where the goods on which a lien exists were deposited not by the owner or by his or her authority, but by a person entrusted by the owner or by his or her authority with the possession of the goods, the storer shall, within two months after the date of the deposit, give notice of the lien—
(a) to the owner of the goods, and
(b) to any other person of whose interest in the goods the storer has actual knowledge.
The notice shall be in writing and contain—
(a) a brief description of the goods, and
(b) a statement showing the location where the goods are stored, the date of their deposit with the storer, and the name of the person by whom they were deposited, and
(c) a statement that a lien is claimed by the storer in respect of the goods under this Act, and
(d) such other particulars as are prescribed.
(Repealed)
Where the storer fails to give the notice required…